Rather be Reading

Very. 

The whole show rotates around Mr. Ted Mosby, who is looking for his true love, "THE ONE". Beyond Ted, the other main characters are as followed:

Marshall and Lily, the husband-wife duo. They are the perfect couple. Lily specifically has a tendency to judge other people's relationships when they're not as "perfect". 

Robin, who struggles to connect deeply with romantic partners. (gives very aro-spec vibes). Whenever she ends up in a committed relationship, it's sort viewed as her being "fixed".

Barney, who is constantly hooking up with random women, usually through some form of trickery. He's very much portrayed as the "bad alloaro" type character. 

Beyond that, there's just a bunch of other stuff that comes up a lot. For instance, Ted and Barney at one point consider adopting a kid together, in an almost QPR type situation, but it's played off as a joke and Ted decides he has to "Wait for the real thing". Marshall and another single guy, after both being dumped, decide to do all the things they would have done with their girlfriends together, and are mocked brutally, and the episode ends with both guys getting back together with their girlfriends. 

There's a lot of problematic stuff (slut shaming, fat shaming, a dash of occasional transphobia...). On the other hand, there's also some funny stuff, which is how I sometimes end up watching it, even if it does make me mad almost every episode. 

WOW. That’s um… something else. So pretty much the only possibility in this show is “perfect guy meets perfect girl” and any other relationship is shamed upon? That’s sadly, scary accurate to society.

Yes, unfortunately, it is indeed very accurate to society :[